By Kathryn Reed When students at Mt. Tallac High School graduate a week from day, they will have left behind a collection of work that is compelling and heart-wrenching. The subject matter in many cases deals with issues these teens this early in their lives should not even know exist. Some of the material delves […]
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By Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times PLACERVILLE — Nearly 20 years after Jaycee Lee Dugard was abducted while walking to a school bus stop, the couple who pleaded guilty in her kidnapping and rape were sentenced Thursday to prison terms that could keep them behind bars for the rest of their lives. Phillip […]
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By Anne Knowles CARSON CITY – An amendment to the bill to withdraw Nevada from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency unless the bi-state regulatory body is reformed was introduced Wednesday by TRPA board member and Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller. Miller said the amendment would alleviate problems within the TRPA by changing the agency’s […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s not exactly what planners had hoped to bring to the table, but the proposed 3.86 miles of bike trail being studied would connect a significant chunk of South Lake Tahoe. Though still known at the South Tahoe Greenway, the environmental documents being released today do not provide a continuous trail from […]
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By Kathryn Reed Susie Rizk Laney was nearly shredded to death at the hands of a former boyfriend. Looking at her and listening to her it would be hard to know the hell she has been through. That is, until she rolls up her sleeves, lifts her shirt above her waist and pushes aside her […]
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War is one of those seemingly necessary evils in our society. Today – Memorial Day – is when we pause to remember those who lost their lives fighting for the United States. It’s a day to put aside our political differences and personal beliefs that led to the deaths of these men and women. These […]
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By Joel Fleishman PINE NUTS — “Damn, that was a good ride. Only thing missin’ were dancing girls around every corner.” “Yeah, naked ones,” a fellow dirt biker chimes in. Soon, the snap, crackle and pop of Budweiser cans opening complement the macho banter, along with some very impressive expectoration. Gunshots echo from a firing […]
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By Kathryn Reed Mother Nature is playing havoc with produce growers. Despite the unseasonably cool weather and continuous rain, farmers’ market season is here. The two South Shore markets start operation the first week of June. The Ski Run Boulevard market between Birch and Larch streets will run every Friday starting June 3 from 9am-2pm. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Gareth Harris has been selected at the next fire chief of Lake Valley Fire Protection District. He takes the helm from Jeff Michael who will retire June 24. When Harris was hired in 2005 from the Half Moon Bay Fire District as battalion chief and fire marshal for Lake Valley he was […]
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By Susan Wood ZEPHYR COVE – An international youth hostel, university retreat, performing arts facility, senior center outpost, culinary arts program, seasonal housing or multi-purpose sports complex – all represent a possible next stage in development for the “moth-balled” Kingsbury Middle School closed a few years ago because of declining enrollment. That was the essence […]
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